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this time, it's, do you go to rick perry, michele bachmann, santorum? >> in both the cnn/"time" poll and the nbc/marist poll, who one's getting what huckabee got in 2008, nearly half of it. most of the polls have said that paul, romney and santorum are in the top tier. from the romney campaign's point of view, if that ends up being the top tier, it doesn't matter what order they finish in. they have the two candidates in paul and santorum who they believe will have the most trouble goin growing into true national scale contenders. rick perry and newt gingrich have a broader coalition. both have suffered a lot of damage. they need a second wind. and if these polls hold up through tuesday, iowa will not give them that boost. and that will leave mitt romney in a strong position even if somebody else comes in first. >> and really we don't have a lot of time to change these polls. aren't they a little frozen right now? it's new year's eve. nonetheless, people now sort of do turn their attention to a holiday. so it's really only monday to make what might be a
this time, it's, do you go to rick perry, michele bachmann, santorum? >> in both the cnn/"time" poll and the nbc/marist poll, who one's getting what huckabee got in 2008, nearly half of it. most of the polls have said that paul, romney and santorum are in the top tier. from the romney campaign's point of view, if that ends up being the top tier, it doesn't matter what order they finish in. they have the two candidates in paul and santorum who they believe will have the most...
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i'm here at the iowa headquarters for michele bachmann here in urbandale. the room may look a little bit empty right now. but a lot of the volunteers and staffers just webt out and took a group picture in front of the michele bachmann bus. but for most of the afternoon, the room has been abuse with activity. a lot of the supporters and volunteers are calling various people across iowa saying, hey, are you coming out on caucus night? will you caucus for michele bachmann or would you even be willing to speak on her behalf, be a caucus captain? michele bachmann showed up here a short while ago, candy, and she actually worked the phone herself. take a look at this -- >> hi this is michele bachmann calling. is this bob johnson? hey, bob. i'm doing great. what are you doing today? hanging out at home. that's exactly what you should do on new year's eve. it sounds good. i'm here in the des moines office just making calls to ask people to get out on tuesday night. and i'm calling to ask for your vote on tuesday night. awesome. can you bring more people with you? go
i'm here at the iowa headquarters for michele bachmann here in urbandale. the room may look a little bit empty right now. but a lot of the volunteers and staffers just webt out and took a group picture in front of the michele bachmann bus. but for most of the afternoon, the room has been abuse with activity. a lot of the supporters and volunteers are calling various people across iowa saying, hey, are you coming out on caucus night? will you caucus for michele bachmann or would you even be...
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if michele bachmann because perhaps some people say she's imploded in this last week, maybe she gets out of the race and the field is smaller, that potentially opens up an opportunity, i think, for rick santorum. >> let me ask you something, because you have followed him more closely than i have over the last month or so. is there -- is the part that he now says in, at least the two speeches we've seen today, about electability, don't listen to the pundits, this isn't about electability, this is about the strongest candidate, the strongest candidate will be electable. is that a new part of his speech? it strikes me since he came up into third, what we've done a lot of talking about is whether he is electable in a general election. >> reporter: that has been part of his overall argument, i think, for a little while now. he's talked about the fact that, hey, he's won elections in pennsylvania, which is a swing state, a purple state, maybe even a blue state. and he said he did that because he's been able to make that appeal to those reagan democrats. one of the things he talks about, we
if michele bachmann because perhaps some people say she's imploded in this last week, maybe she gets out of the race and the field is smaller, that potentially opens up an opportunity, i think, for rick santorum. >> let me ask you something, because you have followed him more closely than i have over the last month or so. is there -- is the part that he now says in, at least the two speeches we've seen today, about electability, don't listen to the pundits, this isn't about electability,...
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before that michele bachmann came out of the new hampshire debate in june. she was going take it home. she did herself in. herman cain came out of nowhere in the month of november. nobody was spending money at that time on television ads. they are now. >> we're closer to the time where it count. we've seen ron paul is just, i don't know what percentage of ads have been run against him but on the campaign trail we're hearing he's unelectable. we can't elect him. he's taking a lot of incoming. >> that's true. it's coming from the gop establishment which doesn't want to see ron paul win the republican nomination. it's republican on republican, but not necessarily folks that are for rick santorum or folks that are more mitt romney. all of them against ron paul. >> the thing is it's always been a delicate balance for a republican to go after a fellow republican because while you may want him to fail you want his support towers couple to. >> which was interesting when mitt romney went after ron paul in a couple of speeches earlier this week. i thought he would let
before that michele bachmann came out of the new hampshire debate in june. she was going take it home. she did herself in. herman cain came out of nowhere in the month of november. nobody was spending money at that time on television ads. they are now. >> we're closer to the time where it count. we've seen ron paul is just, i don't know what percentage of ads have been run against him but on the campaign trail we're hearing he's unelectable. we can't elect him. he's taking a lot of...
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i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the last year and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values i believe we're in a turning point in this campaign. when the republican establishment is going to be coming against him in the next few days i thought it was my duty to come to his aid. >> sorenson also said he feels loyalty to paul because paul campaigned for him in a contentious senate bid. bachmann is working to drum up support in urbandale, iowa. she's second to last in iowa drawing just 9% support. only jon huntsman polls lower. shannon travis is trailing bachmann. shannon. >> reporter: hey there, candy. the congresswoman just showed up. we were told she was en route but just moments ago the crowd of supporters here erupted started applauding and she's right behind me. just a little bit more about what you talked about earlier that bombshell allegation, kent sore jone going over to the ron paul campaign, michele bachmann accusing him basically of accepting money to governor there. he denies that. it's not the kind of thing that any campaign days before
i've been serving as michele bachmann's state chair over the last year and while michele has fought tremendously for my conservative values i believe we're in a turning point in this campaign. when the republican establishment is going to be coming against him in the next few days i thought it was my duty to come to his aid. >> sorenson also said he feels loyalty to paul because paul campaigned for him in a contentious senate bid. bachmann is working to drum up support in urbandale, iowa....
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newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann each have two events as well. rick santorum who just surged in the polls puts in the drive time with five stops throughout the state of iowa. one face missing from that map of iowa, ron paul. he says he'll ring in the new year at home in texas. >>> two fresh faces you will see in iowa, cnn's political editor paul steinhauser and political director mark preston. they are both out at our forward operating base in des moines. paul, it's down to the last few hours there. good to see you with that beautiful backdrop behind you. break it down for me, what is the logic behind the two front-runner strategies, is ron paul heading back to texas this weekend? mitt romney not leading after spending a whole lot of time in iowa in the first place. >> good question. that's surprising to people. there's the state capital behind me. let's start with romney. he was right here yesterday, spent about 24 hours in new hampshire. new hampshire is an important state for him. doing quite well in the polls. when he left yesterday he left c
newt gingrich, rick perry and michele bachmann each have two events as well. rick santorum who just surged in the polls puts in the drive time with five stops throughout the state of iowa. one face missing from that map of iowa, ron paul. he says he'll ring in the new year at home in texas. >>> two fresh faces you will see in iowa, cnn's political editor paul steinhauser and political director mark preston. they are both out at our forward operating base in des moines. paul, it's down...
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michele bachmann is going on be campaigning today, the congresswoman from neighboring minnesota. e.d. >> you mentioned a lot of people. two candidates apparently have not made appearances so far in iowa today. who is that? >> yeah. you know what? they're actually the front-runners in iowa according to the latest polls. starting with mitt romney, where was he this morning in last nigh? new hampshire. new hampshire goes second in the primary caucus calendar. he was in hampton this morning reaching out to voters. he's coming back here later today to see the caucuses. while he was gone, he had two high profile surrogates stumping for him here in iowa. his wife and a guy called chris christie. with the other person who is not here and is not here at all this weekend is ron paul, congressman from texas. he's back home. he's going to spend the holiday weekend with his wife. but he did spend a couple days here earlier this week. he hits the ground again on monday. he'll pain with his son, rand paul, from kentucky. >> thank you, paul. the iowa caucuses are the first today from the preside
michele bachmann is going on be campaigning today, the congresswoman from neighboring minnesota. e.d. >> you mentioned a lot of people. two candidates apparently have not made appearances so far in iowa today. who is that? >> yeah. you know what? they're actually the front-runners in iowa according to the latest polls. starting with mitt romney, where was he this morning in last nigh? new hampshire. new hampshire goes second in the primary caucus calendar. he was in hampton this...
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there was a report out today that michele bachmann had been holding off on criticizing mitt room knee because they wanted to be number two. >> i think a lot of the candidates are in a position where they have to make that calculation. >> they never admit it. >> no. but they know they're not going to get the brass@ b ring, so they're playing for second. second is not a bad thing to have in politics. >> that's right. but frequently leads to first down the line. stay with us here on cnn for the race to the presidency at 2:00 p.m. eastern today and tomorrow. contenders. it is your chance to hear the candidate necessary their own words. tuesday night, cnn's special alive america's choice coverage of the iowa caucuses begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern. >>> now, you may have seen the rodeo riding monkey. you may have even heard about pocket ticking monkeys. but have you ever heard of a tweeting monkey? there is one. we'll explain. >>> san francisco's zoo curator joins me now with more details about a missing monkey there and they would like to get him back. . if you replace 3 tablespoons of sugar
there was a report out today that michele bachmann had been holding off on criticizing mitt room knee because they wanted to be number two. >> i think a lot of the candidates are in a position where they have to make that calculation. >> they never admit it. >> no. but they know they're not going to get the brass@ b ring, so they're playing for second. second is not a bad thing to have in politics. >> that's right. but frequently leads to first down the line. stay with...
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that is michele bachmann's biggest selling point. if she were to come in last or have a poor showing, not come in the top four, would be very difficult for her to move on, natalie. >> let's listen to newt gingrich for a moment as everything heats up here, what he had to say. >> my whole emphasis on brain science comes indirectly from dealing -- see, i'm emotional -- from dealing with the real problems of real people in my family. and so it's not a theory, it's, in fact, you know, my mother. >> an emotional moment there for newt gingrich. >> reporter: it was. you know, that just happened hours ago, natalie. it shows how much wear and tear the candidates have taken. where that quote was about newt gingrich. he was talking about his mother. he was asked about his mother and what makes him think about his mother. on that stage, he teared up and talked about it. just shows you the exhaustion these candidates are facing right now. as they charge into tuesday. hoping that they show well in the iowa caucuses. natalie? >> all right. mark pres
that is michele bachmann's biggest selling point. if she were to come in last or have a poor showing, not come in the top four, would be very difficult for her to move on, natalie. >> let's listen to newt gingrich for a moment as everything heats up here, what he had to say. >> my whole emphasis on brain science comes indirectly from dealing -- see, i'm emotional -- from dealing with the real problems of real people in my family. and so it's not a theory, it's, in fact, you know, my...
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previously michele bachmann had a little bit of a bump. then rick perry when he joined in. newt gingrich. now it's rick santorum's moment so to speak and one of the reasons i imagine is because you've spent so much time in iowa. you and your family basically headquartering there but let's face it, new hampshire is next and it is fast-approaching. let's look at this "real clear politics" poll of new hampshire and you're not seeing the kinds of numbers that you are. here's the top four, that you are in iowa. how can you keep the momentum going with so little time left before new hampshire? >> if you looked at the "real clear politics" poll 10 days ago in iowa, you would have seen the same thing that you're seeing in new hampshire right now. you know, we have done the homework in new hampshire too. i've been there over 30 times. i think i spent more time there than the two guys that live there. we've done hundreds of town hall meetings there. we've got our offices in bedford. it is packed with people making phone calls. we've got great strength there, just like we have here in
previously michele bachmann had a little bit of a bump. then rick perry when he joined in. newt gingrich. now it's rick santorum's moment so to speak and one of the reasons i imagine is because you've spent so much time in iowa. you and your family basically headquartering there but let's face it, new hampshire is next and it is fast-approaching. let's look at this "real clear politics" poll of new hampshire and you're not seeing the kinds of numbers that you are. here's the top four,...
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congresswoman michele bachmann at 34%. who's at the bottom, mitt romney. only one in five say romney is not acceptable as the gop nominee. now why is gingrich's numbers so high there, 35% saying unacceptable? here's one reason why. all that negative advertising we've seen here on the air waves in iowa being directed at gingrich. a new study by campaign media analysis group, it says that almost 50%, almost 50% of all the political ads run in iowa over the last month have been attack ads against the former house speaker. that's a pretty high number, hala. >> well, yeah, it is a pretty high number. it seems as though negative ads are having an impact, but let's talk about the candidates themselves. some of them are actually leaving the state of iowa, at least for part of the weekend. we're so close to the iowa caucuses. which candidates are taking off, paul? >> reporter: isn't that amazing, four days to go. i put the story up earlier this morning. ron paul, the congressman from texas, going back to texas. he's here all day campaigning. tomorrow and sunday he
congresswoman michele bachmann at 34%. who's at the bottom, mitt romney. only one in five say romney is not acceptable as the gop nominee. now why is gingrich's numbers so high there, 35% saying unacceptable? here's one reason why. all that negative advertising we've seen here on the air waves in iowa being directed at gingrich. a new study by campaign media analysis group, it says that almost 50%, almost 50% of all the political ads run in iowa over the last month have been attack ads against...
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michele bachmann, she's got her own problems in iowa right now. not doing that great. she had been doing fabulously well in august when she won the iowa straw poll. since then, it's been all downhill. and she just lost one of her key supporters in iowa over to ron paul. all of these republican candidates are having problems with ron paul. they're going after him on national security issues, but it's interesting. even though they think he could be dangerous to the national security of the united states, some of them are still saying they would rather vote for him if he were to get the republican nomination, than president obama. good stuff coming up right here in "the situation room." >> yeah, a lot of really good stuff. i want to go back to michele bachmann and the fact she is really, she's come to a standstill in the polls. why do you think that is, wolf? >> it's a good question because you would think in iowa, she was born in iowa. she represents a congressional district in neighboring minnesota. she spent a lot of time there on the social issues, the religious issue
michele bachmann, she's got her own problems in iowa right now. not doing that great. she had been doing fabulously well in august when she won the iowa straw poll. since then, it's been all downhill. and she just lost one of her key supporters in iowa over to ron paul. all of these republican candidates are having problems with ron paul. they're going after him on national security issues, but it's interesting. even though they think he could be dangerous to the national security of the united...
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i know that was a severe set back for michele bachmann. in new hampshire, watch john huntses man, he's doing a lot better, he's not even playing in iowa. the former utah governor is very much involved in new hampshire, and he's up in the low double-digits in our last poll there right now. if he continues to improve, those are presumably votes that would go to mitt romney. mitt romney in this latest poll is way ahead in new hampshire, he almost lives there, as you know, having been the governor of neighboring massachusetts. mid romney will do well in new hampshire, but then it will be out to south carolina, new hampshire and the process will continue. we've lost herman cain, isha, i assume after with a wash one or two of these republican candidates are going to drop out and then will be down to five, four, three, two. you get the point. >> iowa is good for whittling down the field. >> yes. >> you can watch continuing live coverage of the candidates campaigning on cnn.com leading up to the iowa caucuses tuesday. tune in next week for the cou
i know that was a severe set back for michele bachmann. in new hampshire, watch john huntses man, he's doing a lot better, he's not even playing in iowa. the former utah governor is very much involved in new hampshire, and he's up in the low double-digits in our last poll there right now. if he continues to improve, those are presumably votes that would go to mitt romney. mitt romney in this latest poll is way ahead in new hampshire, he almost lives there, as you know, having been the governor...
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michele bachmann's iowa campaign chair appears at an event with her yesterday afternoon. three hours later the guy defects to ron paul's camp. it is officially war, folks but is all fair? the man at the center of the controversy, that campaign chair, joins me live. plus newt gingrich puts out a mailing suggesting that michael reagan is in his corner but is that true? michael reagan joins us live, top of the hour. rasmussen just put out some polls that may shock one campaign. we'll tell you which one. rick santorum is surging in iowa. he is here live as well. it is a political day, folks. we are less than a week away from the iowa caucuses and we've got all you need to know right here 10 minutes away. arthel: and, megyn, we will definitely be watching. by the way the doc is in. we want to ask him about a simple blood test that could rule out heart attacks earlier than ever before. fox news medical a-teamer and chief of mt. sinai robotics division. doc, how are you? >> how are you? arthel: i'm interested in hearing about this blood test. what is it? how does it work? >> thi
michele bachmann's iowa campaign chair appears at an event with her yesterday afternoon. three hours later the guy defects to ron paul's camp. it is officially war, folks but is all fair? the man at the center of the controversy, that campaign chair, joins me live. plus newt gingrich puts out a mailing suggesting that michael reagan is in his corner but is that true? michael reagan joins us live, top of the hour. rasmussen just put out some polls that may shock one campaign. we'll tell you...
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i have been severing as michele bachmann's state chair over the last year. while michele has fought for my conservative values, i believe we're at a turge point. when the republican establishment is going to be coming at him in the next few days, i thought it was my duty to come to his aid. >> reporter: but it gets better. moments after that happened michele bachmann's campaign basically, as you said, randi, said sorenson got paid off by the ron paul campaign. they say, no. he says, no, it didn't happen that way. one of bachmann's top campaign aids this morning says that's not true. he's sticking with bachmann but he doesn't believe that story as well. bachmann, she's sticking by her guns and story. take a listen to what she said right here in des moines about an hour ago. >> the last time i spoke with ken sorenson he told me he was on board our campaign. that's the last time i spoke to him. >> reporter: well, we'll see where it goes from here. as you know, she's in the single digits here. she needs a strong finish in iowa to continue on. good reporting on t
i have been severing as michele bachmann's state chair over the last year. while michele has fought for my conservative values, i believe we're at a turge point. when the republican establishment is going to be coming at him in the next few days, i thought it was my duty to come to his aid. >> reporter: but it gets better. moments after that happened michele bachmann's campaign basically, as you said, randi, said sorenson got paid off by the ron paul campaign. they say, no. he says, no,...
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michele bachmann, where did her campaign go wrong and why? will? >> i got that exactly for you, hala. post-debate. cnn debate, tea party debate. when she suggested that rick perry's advocacy for gardasil vaccinations in texas for sixth grade girls to do away with hpv caused retardation. what it was, it was a moment that's illustrative of all of her problems, essentially at heart michele bachmann's problem is that she's somewhat of a populousest. she says something and gets the crowd clapping and cheering along and becomes in love with that fact and then a comedian working a room a risky joke it works and another one, it works and then one undeniably inappropriate and the room's gone silent. done it with $2 gas and saying we should never raise the debt ceiling to saying gardasil causes retardation. you just can't take this risk. >> right. speaking of the straw, she won the ames straw poll. let me ask you this, electability. who would be the best against barack obama? is it still in your view, mitt romney as many analysts are still saying regardless
michele bachmann, where did her campaign go wrong and why? will? >> i got that exactly for you, hala. post-debate. cnn debate, tea party debate. when she suggested that rick perry's advocacy for gardasil vaccinations in texas for sixth grade girls to do away with hpv caused retardation. what it was, it was a moment that's illustrative of all of her problems, essentially at heart michele bachmann's problem is that she's somewhat of a populousest. she says something and gets the crowd...
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>> michele hickman we appreciate you joining us today to share your side of things. that target statement said they did work directly with you to address your concerns and sorry for any inconvenience caused but we appreciate you joining us to tell us why you felt so strongly that you and others staged this sit in with mothers at target store across the country. thank you. >>> it is time to launch hour number two. >>> the pentagon warns iran not to bottle up the persian gulf. did you hear about this? new nominees at the top brain trust at the federal receive. and soggy end to 2011. time to play reporter roulette. we'll start with barbara starr. barbara, take us through this. >> this is quite serious in terms of the rhetoric. we'll see how serious it is in terms of the reality. iran reacting to statements from european countries that want they might place an embargo on iranian oil import, iran saying if that happens it will shut down the strait of hormuz, that vital international water that is the shipping lanes for much of the world's oil. as a result of that the u.s.
>> michele hickman we appreciate you joining us today to share your side of things. that target statement said they did work directly with you to address your concerns and sorry for any inconvenience caused but we appreciate you joining us to tell us why you felt so strongly that you and others staged this sit in with mothers at target store across the country. thank you. >>> it is time to launch hour number two. >>> the pentagon warns iran not to bottle up the persian...
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ron paul, mitt romney, michele bachmann and rick santorum have events this hour. we'll dip into the events and delve into the latest campaign intrigues in our fair game segment just about a half an hour or so from now. >>> remember all that fuss about raising the nation's debt ceiling? well, guess what? it is time to ask for the final installment in a series of debt hikes authorized back in august. when we came within just days of a government default. this one is worth about $1.2 trillion, pushing the legal debt limit to $16.4 trillion, and this time the fuss should be less, but not non-existent. the increase can only be blocked if both houses of congress pass a resolution against it, and president obama, for reasons unknown, signs it. none of that, of course, will happen. >>> rick perry's not giving up on virginia. one of several gop candidates who failed to qualify for that state's primary ballot in march, the texas governor is the first to file suit. he's challenging the constitutional validity of virginia's law requiring 10,000 petition signatures from across
ron paul, mitt romney, michele bachmann and rick santorum have events this hour. we'll dip into the events and delve into the latest campaign intrigues in our fair game segment just about a half an hour or so from now. >>> remember all that fuss about raising the nation's debt ceiling? well, guess what? it is time to ask for the final installment in a series of debt hikes authorized back in august. when we came within just days of a government default. this one is worth about $1.2...
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is in fact closer to michele bachmann and rec perry than he is to the front-runners. he is clearly feeling the sting of fading. and the only question i have is why he would go after paul supporters who seem to be awfully dedicated to him. i don't think it is a surprise to them that paul has a particular set of views, libertarian views, both on domestic issues and on foreign policy. and i'm not sure that they're going to be a lot of crossover from paul to gingrich. seem to me would have better luck going after romney supporters or as i say that second-tier of santorum of perry and bachmann. jon: the response from the paul campaign was equally strong. his campaign manager, ron paul's campaign manager, called it, a childish outburst and that newt gingrich is a divisive big government liberal who is unelectable. what about newt gingrich policy of hands off his fellow republicans and going after president obama? >> that's exactly what you thought about comments about ron paul. it is gingrich talking about relentlessly positive. he will attack the others he will live by ron
is in fact closer to michele bachmann and rec perry than he is to the front-runners. he is clearly feeling the sting of fading. and the only question i have is why he would go after paul supporters who seem to be awfully dedicated to him. i don't think it is a surprise to them that paul has a particular set of views, libertarian views, both on domestic issues and on foreign policy. and i'm not sure that they're going to be a lot of crossover from paul to gingrich. seem to me would have better...
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on the trail this hour, michele bachmann and newt gingrich. bachmann's 99 county bus tour is in creston iowa. she's competing for the social conservative vote. newt gingrich rallies his supporters in mason city. a recent poll shows gingrich, ron paul and mitt romney in a virtual tie for the lead. >>> what happened to newt gingrich nice guy? he vowed not to go negative in response to the other candidates' attack ads, but that didn't stop gingrich from blasting ron paul. in an interview with cnn's wolf blitzer he said he wouldn't vote for paul. gingrich pointed to incendiary newsletters distributed under paul's name in the '80s and '90s. >> you look at his newsletters and then you look at his ads, his ads are about as accurate as his newsletters. >> now if he were to get the republican nomination. >> he won't. >> let's say he were. could you vote for him? >> no. >>> amateur video out of syria is said to show defectors trying to ambush security forces in daraa. cnn cannot independently confirm this claim. observers from the arab league are now in
on the trail this hour, michele bachmann and newt gingrich. bachmann's 99 county bus tour is in creston iowa. she's competing for the social conservative vote. newt gingrich rallies his supporters in mason city. a recent poll shows gingrich, ron paul and mitt romney in a virtual tie for the lead. >>> what happened to newt gingrich nice guy? he vowed not to go negative in response to the other candidates' attack ads, but that didn't stop gingrich from blasting ron paul. in an interview...
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let's bring in michelle turner for that story. what did dennis leary say? how did he take that classic "a charlie brown christmas" and offend some groups, michelle? >> well, hala, he said a lot in a little bit of time and it's not hard to see why muslims are upset by this cartoon. they twist the charlie brown christmas story into a three-minute parody where he preaches to jihad against america. now, you remember the classic scene in the charlie brown christmas special where the gang saves a little christmas tree but in this film charlie brown brings a detective bomb intoo the stage and the gang turns it into a bigger brown that sends charlie brown and linus to hell. yeah, larry does like to provoke. he has taken shots at every tabu out there from christianity to the disabled and also digs at commercialism of christmas in this video. but i'm not sure what his point is here. he literally and actually tweeted out the links to this cartoon before christmas, but it didn't go viral until multiple sites linked to it this week, hala. >> all right, interesting. now,
let's bring in michelle turner for that story. what did dennis leary say? how did he take that classic "a charlie brown christmas" and offend some groups, michelle? >> well, hala, he said a lot in a little bit of time and it's not hard to see why muslims are upset by this cartoon. they twist the charlie brown christmas story into a three-minute parody where he preaches to jihad against america. now, you remember the classic scene in the charlie brown christmas special where the...
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jim, rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum, michele bachmann all participating in a town hall tonight. no mitt romney. why not if he's there, too? >> reporter: well, isha, he has an event in davenport, iowa, on the eastern side of the state later this evening. it is curious he's not involved. mitt romney has kept his distance somewhat from social conservatives in this state, in this radio town hall that is taking place later tonight, being hosted by a prom meant social conservative in this state. that might be the reason why, isha. it's going to be interesting. there are no more debates before the iowa kuxs which is just one week from today. so this might be the closest thing we have to a debate in these remaining days. we'll hear from all of these candidates talking about issues like abortion, gay rights and if there are any slip-ups or oops moments, we'll, of course, hear about them. >> we certainly will. let me ask you this, with one week to iowa caucuses, are we seeing an upsurge in ads? i'm wondering the tenor and tone of these last couple days. >> reporter: big time. that's righ
jim, rick perry, newt gingrich, rick santorum, michele bachmann all participating in a town hall tonight. no mitt romney. why not if he's there, too? >> reporter: well, isha, he has an event in davenport, iowa, on the eastern side of the state later this evening. it is curious he's not involved. mitt romney has kept his distance somewhat from social conservatives in this state, in this radio town hall that is taking place later tonight, being hosted by a prom meant social conservative in...
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michelle turner joins us with the story. this cover fooled a lot of people. do we know who created the fake cover? >> first of all, i'm not sure how many people have actually fooled because this was happening over christmas day, isha. even in this digital age, i don't think it was a high traffic day on the web. we know the phony cover did fool some folks yesterday, including russell simmons who tweeted his support of lautner's announcement. and then when he discovered it was a fake, he responded tweeting he was, quote, disappointed that people would joke about someone coming out about their sexuality. he also said let taylor lautner be whoever he wants to be. you asked, also, if we knew who created this fake cover. really we don't. we have no idea. as "people" magazine pointed out, this was a twitter joke that went viral. now, here is what we kind of did discover. the fake cover did have a couple of tales that tipped people off it wasn't real. if you looked really closely, you would have noticed among other things that the sidebar pictures on the cover were a
michelle turner joins us with the story. this cover fooled a lot of people. do we know who created the fake cover? >> first of all, i'm not sure how many people have actually fooled because this was happening over christmas day, isha. even in this digital age, i don't think it was a high traffic day on the web. we know the phony cover did fool some folks yesterday, including russell simmons who tweeted his support of lautner's announcement. and then when he discovered it was a fake, he...
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what is rick santorum and michele bachmann doing wrong in iowa? >> you know what i think it is? i think, rick santorum, michele bachmann and also rick perry to a certain extent at this point, they're trying to coalesce the evangelical support in iowa. that support was in 2008 unified behind mike huckabee and that was obviously key to his victory there. so far this cycle there just hasn't been a candidate who is really excited the evangelical base of the party in iowa and you know, some folks look at santorum, bachmann, perry, see some decent choices but they haven't coalesced around anyone. nobody is engendering that sort of passion that mike huckabee did in 2008. so i think they're splitting that vote, which if it was united behind one candidate would be very powerful in iowa. julie: i want to jump ahead to the new hampshire primary since i have you here and talk about the strategy that's going on there. newt gingrich in particular because we're talking about, i don't know, a different sort of campaign style. in new hampshire mitt romney seems to be the clear winner. in fact, y
what is rick santorum and michele bachmann doing wrong in iowa? >> you know what i think it is? i think, rick santorum, michele bachmann and also rick perry to a certain extent at this point, they're trying to coalesce the evangelical support in iowa. that support was in 2008 unified behind mike huckabee and that was obviously key to his victory there. so far this cycle there just hasn't been a candidate who is really excited the evangelical base of the party in iowa and you know, some...
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you know, michele bachmann was born in iowa. sanatorium visited all 99 counties and rick perry spent a ton of money here, campaigning a lot. so they have to dorelltively well and we'll see what happens. of the three, it looks like sanatorium's getting a little momentum in the last week, getting endorsements. and so, we'll see what happens. but that's -- you're exactly right. that's one of the things we'll be watching of those three who gets a ticket to new hampshire. >> wolf blitzer, you are newt on live, right? >> live in our 4:00 p.m. eastern hour. and tomorrow, we'll be speaking with mitt romney in iowa, as well as his wife ann and son josh. i'll be anchoring from iowa today and tomorrow getting ready for the caucuses. >> all right. wolf blitzer, literally on the way to do that show in iowa today. wolf, we appreciate it. you can stay with cnn, of course, for the best political coverage on television this afternoon at 4:00 as wolf said having newt gingrich. >>> now to the sign of the times. falling movie sales. a chance to tal
you know, michele bachmann was born in iowa. sanatorium visited all 99 counties and rick perry spent a ton of money here, campaigning a lot. so they have to dorelltively well and we'll see what happens. of the three, it looks like sanatorium's getting a little momentum in the last week, getting endorsements. and so, we'll see what happens. but that's -- you're exactly right. that's one of the things we'll be watching of those three who gets a ticket to new hampshire. >> wolf blitzer, you...
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michelle, thanks very much. and michelle will be back with us next hour with more "showbiz" headlines coming up. big stars with big hearts and they have deep pockets. justin bieber and george clooney rank among the most charitable and look at which celebrity comes on top of the pack in terms of being charitable next hour. >>> a wild year in politics filled with scandal and memorable moments. coming up, we'll countdown the top ten political stories of the year. >>> later, a soldier who survived a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan is shot twice at his own homecoming party. stay with us. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? we talked about getting a diamond. but with all the thank you points i've been earning... ♪ ...i flew us to the rock i really had in mind. ♪ [ male announcer ] the citi thank you card. earn points you can use for travel on any airline, with no blackout dates. >>> 2011 was a big, big year and in politics, as well. with big moments. in some cases, some big laughs. f
michelle, thanks very much. and michelle will be back with us next hour with more "showbiz" headlines coming up. big stars with big hearts and they have deep pockets. justin bieber and george clooney rank among the most charitable and look at which celebrity comes on top of the pack in terms of being charitable next hour. >>> a wild year in politics filled with scandal and memorable moments. coming up, we'll countdown the top ten political stories of the year. >>>...
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it all started when somebody thought they saw the president's wife, michelle obama, along with the girls out on the beach or wherever in hawaii, walking with the dog. and not long right in that same time, sort of contemporaneously if you will, the president still back in washington dealing with the congress, was seen out shopping for christmas presents with bo the dog. and people said, okay, which is it? and why -- why would they possibly have two dogs? the white house today clear this up. ended up saying, no, there is only one bo. bo, in fact, is with the president at the time. in the white house. did not go to hawaii. now we know, no body double for bo. you know, that would be an interesting story though, wouldn't it. >> it would be interesting. these are strange times we are living in. so i wouldn't wo say, okay, just another sign the wld is going mad, right?
it all started when somebody thought they saw the president's wife, michelle obama, along with the girls out on the beach or wherever in hawaii, walking with the dog. and not long right in that same time, sort of contemporaneously if you will, the president still back in washington dealing with the congress, was seen out shopping for christmas presents with bo the dog. and people said, okay, which is it? and why -- why would they possibly have two dogs? the white house today clear this up....